
Jo Kendall
Actress
Born: February 17, 1940 (81 years old)
Died: January 29, 2022
Place of birth: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Biography
Josephine Mary Robinson, better known by her stage name Jo Kendall (17 February 1940 – 29 January 2022) was a British actress and writer. She was known for her work on the BBC radio comedy show I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, which debuted in 1964, and for her role as Peggy Skilbeck on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (then Emmerdale Farm) from 1972 to 1973, in which she also spoke the programme's first line of dialogue in the inaugural episode. Kendall was born Josephine Mary Robinson in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, on 17 February 1940. After leaving Leicester she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and gained her Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music (LRAM).
Filmography (17)
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970, ★ 8.1)
- Howards End (1992, ★ 7)
- The Remains of the Day (1993, ★ 7.4)
- Scum (1979, ★ 7.1)
- At Last the 1948 Show (1967, ★ 7.4)
- In Sickness and in Health (1985, ★ 7.9)
- The Brittas Empire (1991, ★ 6.5)
- The Bill (1984, ★ 6.7)
- The Goodies (1970, ★ 7.5)
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1975, ★ 6.9)
- Shine on Harvey Moon (1982, ★ 7.6)
- The New Avengers (1976, ★ 7)
- Peak Practice (1993, ★ 6.1)
- Grange Hill (1978, ★ 6.7)
- Man About the House (1973, ★ 7.1)
- Bridge of Dragons (1999, ★ 5.5)
- Fortunes of War (1987, ★ 6.1)